Couldn't we say the same thing about the people who 24-table .5/1 and 1/2 instead of playing fewer tables and really focusing on improving their game so they can move up?

Beating 2/4+ for a solid winrate is freaking hard. Most people give up and choose another way to make (less, but still a lot of) money playing poker. I chose donkaments, you chose to multitable the crap out of small stakes games, other people chose to short-stack 2/4+. None of us are really cultivating the skills we need to beat big games as much as we could be, but we're still making good money in the meantime, so what's the problem? However, I do agree with Renton's post. Short-stacking nano-stakes games is just a waste of time.

Also, if you're playing big games then it's not as easy to be a winning short-stacker as some of you think it is. There's A LOT of math to be done in order to work out a good pre-flop strategy. For most of the short-stack bashers in this thread, I'd be happy to prop-bet that you wouldn't be a winner if you tried it.